Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will soon certify that gays can serve openly in the armed services, according to the Associated Press. Since the ban of gays serving in the armed forces became a formal policy in 1993, an estimated 13,000 people have been expelled for violating the rules. The Obama administration asked a U.S. appeals […]

Newark Mayor Cory Booker vetoed an ordinance Tuesday that would force eateries to post an armed guard during late-night hours of operation. An off-duty police officer was killed in a drive-by shooting as he waited for his food at a late-night pizza place earlier this month, prompting implementation of this new measure. But Booker says […]

Pastor Kenneth Whalum joins Roland Martin on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. The Memphis City school board has decided to delay the start of classes until the city pays $151 Million to fund the coming school year. TJMS: Pastor Kenneth Whalum Discusses Memphis City Schools Board’s Decision To Delay Classes by Roland S Martin on […]

Roland Martin and David Frum join Wolf Blitzer in The Situation Room to discuss the battle over raising the debt ceiling.

WASHINGTON — In an interview with Salon Magazine, Rep. Keith Ellsion from Minnesota, the country’s first Muslim congressman, called GOP presidential candidate, Herman Cain, a religious bigot for his recent comments about banning Mosques to stop Sharia law. Salon reports: “It seems like a week doesn’t go by without Cain saying something incredibly offensive, so […]

Roland Martin talks with Van Jones about his new initiative to get Americans back to work called Rebuild the Dream. From RebuildtheDream.com: Van Jones called this new wave of energy the “American Dream Movement.” It’s growing stronger by the day, and it’s not going away until Americans can find jobs, afford to go to college, […]

Roland Martin and David Frum join Wolf Blitzer in the Situation Room to discuss the war of words brewing between Congressman Allen West and DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

HARLEM — New York City may be forced to dump untreated sewage into the Hudson River after a four-alarm fire erupted on Wednesday at a waste treatment plant on 135th street in Harlem. The fire created a 30-foot plume by noon and burned for three hours, sending employees running out of the plant. Thousands were […]

NEW YORK–Two women engaged in a vicious brawl on a New York City train after one woman sprayed the other with Mace. Shortly thereafter, one of the woman’s baby, safely strapped in a stroller, rolled off the train. The fight was captured on a cellphone and uploaded on YouTube and Animal New York. It is […]

HOUSTON — The FBI and Secret Service are investigating a cartoon sent to Houston Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee that depicted her and President Barack Obama being lynched. The Houston Chronicle reports: Beneath a headline which included a racial epithet referring to African-Americans, the one-page cartoon showed two L-shaped lynching posts with “Sheila Jackson Lee” written […]